Olympics 2018: Sisters competing for different countries: ‘I never thought that this would happen’

(PYEONGCHANG, South Korea) — A pair of sisters are competing this year at the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea — but one is suiting up for Team USA, the other for Team Korea.

“It’s surreal, this whole thing, we never could have dreamed of,” Marissa Brandt told ABC News’ Amy Robach of competing in the Olympics with her sister, Hannah.

“To be here in my birth country, to have my family come, being here with my sister and sharing this journey with her,” she added. “It’s incredible.”

In 1993, South Korea-born Marissa Brandt was adopted by Minnesota couple Greg and Robin Brandt when she was just four months old. Just before she was set to arrive in the U.S., the couple also found out that they were pregnant with Hannah.

Six months after Marissa Brandt arrived in the U.S., her sister was born.